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GAD Reference number:
IT 121
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.:
45-1/2
Volume:
1844
Province:
Ontario
Date:
1836/08/09
Aboriginal people(s):
Sauking Indians
Aboriginal individual(s):
Metiewabe and others
Other party(ies):
The King
Type of Document:
A proposal to surrender land - Docket title: "Agreement relative to their Surrender of the Saugeen Territory and setting apart the Manitoulin Islands as the property of all Indians allowed to reside on
Specific purpose(s):
To obtain an agreement to surrender certain land in order to have "proper houses" built, and "proper assistance given to enable [the Indians] to become civilized and to cultivate land..."
Land involved:
The "Sauking Territory" presently considered the Bruce Penninsula or Saugeen Penninsula
Form:
Manuscript original
Contents:
1 sheet folded in half = 2 leaves; each leaf 20 x 31 cm (8" x 12-1/2"); pp.[1-4]
1 sheet; 20 x 33 cm (8" x 13"); pp.[5-6]
Reference:
RG10, Indian Affairs, D-10-a
Microfilm reel number:
T-9938
ISN Number:
121
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